Our Journey to Pascha 2019

We are now deep into Great Lent, the ancient 40-day season specially appointed for renewed spiritual focus in anticipation of Holy Week and Pascha (Easter.) During the Lenten season (known as also as The Great Fast or The 40-Days,) Orthodox Christians give great care not only to abstinence from various foods, but also to special focus on prayer and the doing of other works of mercy. (For a series of articles on the meaning of Lent–in all its aspects–visit this site.)

Archbishop Alexander

One of the highlights to our Lenten journey this year was the visit of Fr. John Erickson. On Friday, March 15, Fr. John visited with our young adults and college students, reflecting on contemporary questions that we, as Christians, face today. On Saturday, March 16, Fr. John led a day retreat entitled Our Lenten Journey. On Sunday, March 17, Fr. John preached at both St. Athanasius’ main Divine Liturgy and at the Pan-Orthodox Vespers held at St. Andrew Orthodox Church on Sunday evening. If you missed the retreat, we invite you to listen to audio from all three sessions and to check out our photo report of the weekend here.

We invite you to pray with us during Lent and in Holy Week. Our basic lenten calendar in pdf form is here and you can always access our regularly-updated google calendar here. Of special note, among our many upcoming events is the upcoming archpastoral visit of His Eminence, Archbishop Alexander, who will be with us on the weekend of Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday (April 20-21.)

To give you a sense of parish life in this blessed season, here are some photos of our Lenten journey as of late March:

Retreat 2019: “Our Lenten Journey” On the weekend of March 15 through March 17 (2019,) the Orthodox Christian community of greater Lexington was blessed to welcome Archpriest John Erickson, retired dean and church history...

Bulletin February 24, 2019 39th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday of the Prodigal Son 1st & 2nd Findings of Head of St. John the Baptist Epistle Reading: 1 Cor. 6:12-20 Gospel Reading: Luke 15:11-32 Akathist...

Bulletin February 10, 2019 37th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday of Zacchaeus…The first sign of the approach of Great Lent comes five Sundays before its beginning. On this Sunday the Gospel reading is about Zacchaeus...

We are a parish of the Diocese of the South of the Orthodox Church in America(OCA), under the archpastoral care of his grace, the right reverend Alexander, Bishop of Dallas and the South. We are the first OCA parish in Kentucky. We are located in the heart of the bluegrass region just outside Lexington.